The driver in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 20 was transported by helicopter to the LSU-Shreveport Medical Center.

The 911 office reportedly received an emergency call at 1 p.m. Thursday. When deputies arrived the driver was out of the vehicle, said Maj. Stephen Williams, spokesman for the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office.

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A Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy has been terminated and arrested by the Louisiana State Police after a citizen complained that the deputy was abusing his authority.

Around Aug. 19, the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office received a citizen complaint against Deputy Gene Butler. The complaint alleged that Butler had used his position of authority to force or coerce the victim to sell a vehicle for a reduced price to the deputy.

According to a press release by the LPSO, the Louisiana State Police was immediately contacted and asked to conduct an independent criminal investigation of the complaint.

When the Rev. Cathy Brewton first dreamed of what is now LifeHouse Ministries, her vision included a flourishing community garden filled with vegetables, fruit trees and flowers.
The vision is becoming reality. LifeHouse has been awarded a grant from the Lincoln Health Foundation to develop the garden.

“It’s right in our wheelhouse in terms of what we like to see happening,” Norman Haynes, Lincoln Health Foundation’s chief executive officer, said. “It really does hit the major hope that we can influence and change the mindset of folks about healthy nutrition.”

GRAMBLING — It’s hard to believe 51 people can make a difference to a town the size of Grambling, but it’s the quest for 51 people that has the town and Mayor Ed Jones clamoring for a recount from their 2010 census count.

With an official count of 4,949, Grambling, considered a town by the United States government, needs just 51 more people to be legally considered a city to reap the benefits of the title.